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Jason Helder opened to 20,000 on the button, Radu Catoiu three-bet shoved for effectively 225,000 or so from the big blind, and Helder tank-called.
Helder: 
Catoiu: 
Helder remained in the lead as the flop fell 
, but the 
on the turn gave Catoiu the best hand. The 
bricked on the river, and Helder was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
515,000 | 157,000 |
|
Busted |
The tournament area is a less sparkly place after Robert Peltecci was eliminated by our chip leader Ramzi Jelassi.
The action folded to Jelassi in the small blind and he opened to 22,000. Peltecci was the big blind and he moved all in for 327,000 in total. Jelassi asked for a count, processed the information and called!
"He called me? Oh man!" said the man wearing a few carats of diamonds upon various parts of his person (Peltecci)
Peltecci: 
Jelassi: 
The delaer burned a card and put the flop into play; this gave both players a pair of jacks, but Jelassi's king-kicker meant he was ahead.
"Just give me a queen," pleaded Peltecci and as if the Poker Gods had heard Peltecci please the 
landed on the turn.
"Keep it low, just keep it low," begged Peltecci but the Poker Gods had given him his gift for the day and decided to take it back because the river was the 
and a dejected Peltecci rose from his seat, slammed his hat and headphones down onto the felt and walked away from the table.
He eventually composed himself again, returned to his seat and said his goodbyes.
Jelassi now has 1,600,000 chips and is definitely the man to catch here in Prague.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000 | 362,000 |
|
Busted |
As we were observing another hand, we heard a dealer yell out, "All in and a call." We arrived just in time to see Diego Gomez Gonzalez eliminate Jan Suchanek.
We're not sure of all the action, but we do know Suchanek got the rest of his chips in on the river holding on a board reading 
. Unfortunately for him, Gonzalez held 
for a flush.
"I check, check, check," Gonzalez told another player with a big smile on his face. One man who was not smiling was Suchanek, who hung his head while making his way to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000 | 413,000 |
|
Busted |
Jorma Nuutinen is a happy bunny after a huge pot saw him rocketing towards the top of the counts, still some way behind fellow Nord Ramzi Jelassi though.
Luca Giovannone opened the pot by shoving his last 65,000 in from under the gun. The action folded to Jason Helder in the hijack and he flatted before Nuutinen raised to 122,000 from the next seat along. Helder responded by shoving and Nuutinen snap called all in for 564,000.
Giovannone: 
Helder: 
Nuutinen: 
The board ran 
to hand all the gold to the Finn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | 645,000 |
|
|
230,000 | -538,000 |
|
Busted |
After being crippled, Enver Khvitia moved all in preflop for his last 36,000. Dany Parlafes called in middle position, and the rest of the players folded.
Khvitia: 
Parlafes:
The board ran out 
, and Khvitia was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
975,000 | 25,000 |
|
Busted |
Enver Khvitia is in serious danger of elimination right now, after he lost the vast majority of his stack to Sergey Kuzminskiy.
Kuzminskiy opened to 21,000 from under the gun and his raise went unchallenged until it was up to Khvitia, on the button, to act. After a brief pause, Khvitia three-bet all-in and once the blinds folded Kuzminskyi nodded his head then called.
Kuzminskiy:
Khvitia:
Once again a poker player's fate was going to be decided by one of tournament poker's many coinflips. The flip went the way of Kuzminskiy as the board ran out 
. Khvitia is left with dust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000 | 360,000 |
|
|
41,000 | -368,000 |
Chris Brammer opened for 20,000 from early position and received a call from Mikhail Petrov on the button. Both blinds got out of the way, the flop came down 
, and Brammer continued for 32,000. Petrov thought for a moment before raising to 69,000, Brammer called, and the both players checked the 
turn and 
river.
Petrov tabled 
for two pair with an ace kicker, and it was good as Brammer sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
865,000 | -156,000 |
|
700,000 | 88,000 |
The tournament director has been informing the players we will be playing down to 24 players regardless of how long that takes us. They were told that the decision on whether to have a dinner break or not will be made later in the day.
"How do you decide if we have a dinner break?" asked Dany Parlafes
The tournament director explained that is all depends on how many players remain at around 20:00-21:00.
"Thanks," said Parlafes, "I don't usually go this deep, so I do not know these things!"
Iosif Beskrovnyy, for long periods, must've thought nothing could go wrong for him in this tournament. He lost the chip lead for the first time in two days mid-way through yesterday, and he just lost a quarter of his stack to drop below the average. How will he cope?
He was battling with Norwegian Mads Amot and the two had reached the river of a 
board. Amot bet 83,000 when checked to him and the Russian called. Amot opened for a rivered set and. Beskrovnyy reacted as if he had an ace and angrily mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,037,000 | 142,000 |
|
445,000 | -156,000 |
On the first hand of play, there was an all in and a call on Tables 5 and 7.
On Table 5, Jose Manuel Nadal Sordo doubled through Sergio Aido Espina. The chips went in preflop, Sordo's dominated Espina's 
, and the board ran out 
.
On Table 7, Enrico Tau, who entered the day as the shortest stack, was all in preflop with . Robert Kokoska had him at risk with , but Tau made a queen-high straight as the board came 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 142,000 |
|
240,000 | -64,000 |
|
230,000 | -144,000 |
|
130,000 | 68,000 |